Australia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Speak Up!", written by Cam Nacson, Chloe Papandrea, Jess Porfiri, and Toby Chew Lee, and performed by Isabella Clarke. The Australian participating broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), internally selected its entry for the contest. Isabella Clarke was announced on 10 September 2017, and the song was revealed on 7 October.
Background
Prior to the 2017 contest, the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest representing Australia twice since its debut in , with the song "My Girls" performed by Bella Paige. In , Alexa Curtis represented Australia with the song "We Are", achieving fifth place. In 2017, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) replaced SBS as the Australian participating broadcaster.
Before Junior Eurovision On 10 September 2017, ABC announced that it had internally selected Isabella Clarke as its representative for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017. She started singing when she was nine. The prior two years she had performed at The Victorian State Schools Spectacular in Australia. Clarke's song "Speak Up" was revealed on 7 October 2017.
At Junior Eurovision During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Australia was drawn to perform fifteenth on 26 November 2017, following Serbia and preceding Italy.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Australia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Australia received 79 points from the online vote
+ Points awarded by Australia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Detailed voting results + Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 15 15 15 11 12 15 02 5 6 8 3 6 5 6 03 11 14 7 13 9 12 04 2 9 13 9 5 8 3 05 9 2 2 4 7 3 8 06 14 13 3 7 13 11 07 10 12 14 15 15 14 08 12 3 1 14 11 10 1 09 1 4 9 2 4 2 10 10 7 5 5 10 10 7 4 11 6 10 6 5 1 4 7 12 3 7 12 8 3 6 5 13 4 1 4 1 2 1 12 14 8 8 10 6 8 9 2 15 16 13 11 11 12 14 13
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